Should we report incidental aortic calcification on chest CT imaging?

30/07/2024 17 min Episodio 268
Should we report incidental aortic calcification on chest CT imaging?

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Episode Synopsis

In this episode of the Heart podcast, Digital Media Editor, Professor James Rudd, is joined by Professor Marc Dweck from The University of Edinburgh. They discuss a study in Heart that tested the predictive power of thoracic aortic calcium calcium for predicting future vascular events.
Relevant reading:
Thoracic versus coronary calcification for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events prediction - https://heart.bmj.com/content/110/14/947 
Editorial: Future applications of incidental detection of thoracic and coronary calcium for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease events prediction - https://heart.bmj.com/content/110/14/929
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